en echelon

[′en ‚esh·ə‚län]

(geology)

Referring to an overlapped or staggered arrangement of geologic features.

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en echelon fault blocks

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Anomalous gold values are denoted in many areas within this zone, and significant higher-grade mineralization over significant widths is located within sub vertical en echelon zones of intense alteration and gold enrichment.

Walker Announces Exploration Results from the Lapon Gold Project

The 3D model of the Cuncayoc Copper 3D Area (Area 1) shows a number of NE-SW orientated magnetic bodies arranged en echelon along the NW-SE trend.

Inca Minerals Limited - New Targets Generated in Magnetic 3D Modelling Riqueza

This structural province is characterized by east-west to northeast oriented parallel to en echelon, plunging anticlines and synclines pairs that are asymmetric to overturn in the form of fold train and dominantly southeast vergent.

FOLD-THRUST EVALUATION AND HYDROCARBON PROSPECT OF THE WESTERN MARWAT-KHISOR RANGE AND SHEIKH BUDIN HILLS, NORTH PAKISTAN

It appears that the rigid, en echelon shields formed by jointed arm branches are an adaptation to strengthening the crown and gathering food in highly variable, strong currents in a shallow reef or bioherm environment.

Elgaecrinus uralicus gen. et sp. nov., a new crotalocrinitid (Crinoidea, Echinodermata) from the Lower Devonian (Lochkovian) of the Middle Urals

The granitic pegmatites form an 8 km-long, en echelon and lenticular swarm south of Cross Island dipping 45 north.

United States : Alix acquires Cross Lake Lithium Property, Manitoba

Three of the faults, known as en echelon faults, were parallel but offset from each other, while the fourth fault was perpendicular to and crossed the first.

Sumatra quake part of plate break-up

The en echelon 1 to 10 m-wide shear structures are persistent at depth and often merge in that direction too.

La Ronge Gold (CVE:LAR) Continues to Extend Preview SW Gold Deposit and Intersects 2.14 g/t Gold Over 22.59 Metres

These strike--slip faults are parallel and form an "en echelon" system with Garrapatas fault zone.

State of strain and stress in northwestern of South America

Une grande difference, a l'epoque, c'etait que les fonctionnaires du Parlement britannique devaient suivre une filiere qui leur permettait d'acquerir d'echelon en echelon toutes les competences voulues.

Dr C.B. Koester tel que je l'ai connu (le greffier de la Chambre des communes de 1979 a 1987)

This range is characterized by eastwest to north-northeast trending parallel to en echelon, plunging anticline and syncline pairs that appear asymmetric to overturn in the form of fold train and dominantly south vergent.

Frontal structural style of the Khisor Range, northwest of Bilot: Implications for hydrocarbon potential of the northwestern Punjab Fore Deep, Pakistan

Generally the prospect has been previously interpreted as an en echelon shear system striking northwest and dipping 65 degrees to the south-west.

Aragon Resources Limited (ASX:AAG) Exploration Update At Cuddingwarra Gold Project And Lefroy Nickel Project

The pattern exhibits relatively short, en echelon fault segments of synthetic R and antithetic R' shears oriented at low- and high- angles to the main fault zone.